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Courier 1B Rocket - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1    59U 60013B   25137.93338112  .00000141  00000-0  65293-4 0  9997
2    59  28.2516 354.4558 0189032 237.4124 120.8040 13.53137866190468
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2025 22:24:04
Eccentricity: 0.0189032
inclination: 28.2516°
perigee height: 920 km
apogee height: 1201 km
right ascension of ascending node: 354.4558°
argument of perigee: 237.4124°
revolutions per day: 13.53137866
mean anomaly at epoch: 120.8040°
orbit number at epoch: 19046

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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